For all his ambition and power, Darkseid is ultimately just another speck in the galaxy. Darkseid ends the Fourth World Saga, left behind by his enemies and diminished in the eyes of all that would care to look for him. Even the ruins of his world have become all but cosmic dust. He is now the king of nothing but rubble. The world he took dominion of has fallen apart. Instead, everyone in his life abandoned him. While The Hunger Dogs doesn't end in a titanic battle between the powerful father and son, it actually subverts expectations in a subtly brilliant way.ĭarkseid doesn't get the dignity of a final battle or the Shakespearan level tragedy of being killed by his son. Instead, Kirby worked on two other stories - 'On The Road to Armageddon' and 'Even Gods Must Die,' which effectively led to the events of The Hunger Dogs.

But the editorial staff of DC didn't want to kill off an entire line of characters, especially as Darkseid's importance and popularity grew with time. Kirby conceived of a final entry in the story which would have ended with Darkseid and Orion both dying as the conclusion of the saga. But the bottomless rage and thirst for combat that course through his veins cannot be extinguished.According to the Jack Kirby Collector, Kirby's original intent for the New Gods almost came to pass in 1984 when the original eleven issues of The New Gods were reprinted. Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace between Apokolips and New Genesis, Orion swore to uphold the life-affirming values of his adopted world. But this pair are more than mortal enemies-they are also father and son! Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. And at the center of Kirby's startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics' greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips! In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory!Īt the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World-a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time.

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